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Guild of Great Britain Encouragement Award 2008 In 2005, the Theatre Committee of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain chose to initiate awards for the encouragement of new writing. Members were asked to nominate anyone in any capacity who had given them an exceptional experience in new writing during the previous year. This year, Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham (Matt Aston Theatre Programmer/ Producer) won an Award, following a nomination from writer Stephen Lowe. "For a run of my play "Smile", against all odds, all the actors, crew, and myself were paid union rates and there was a wonderful sense of a whole theatre - publicity, box-office, café staff, et al – all pulling together, and pooling all their resources with one common aspiration – the search for excellence. In over thirty five years as a playwright, I have come across very few theatres with such a warm and committed spirit, and a great deal of that is enabled by Matt’s leadership of the team." go the Writers' Guild of Great Britain website for the full article |
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